Show it MAWSON special THOMAS lecturer in landscape lande cape design at the university of liverpool bae has been elected selected on the per bonal recommendation of the king and queen of too the hellenes ellenes If to pro paro pare comprehensive com plans for tho the ex leuelln taut sion and remodeling of athens mr mawson gave some interesting Inter eating details of the work he Is about to un dertad tertale der taLe e gaag the manchester Manc heRter guardian hie tits eon son E prentice mawson he bald said was associated with him in the work to bo be carried out and had been to athens en rn several occasions in connection with ath it it the tho works mr mawson said al ccady teady designed for their majesties maestle i tang king constantine Constant lne and thy the queen of greece are the extensions of cf the gardens round the palace of the crown prince where the king resides and also the remodeling of the royal pal pat ace noth both these works are in progress pro grees in addition we A e have prepared plans for the arrangement of the royal burial grounds at and also the royal gardens at corfu necessities first consideration the latest commission which has been given us and the most important one Is to prepare plans for the derood eling development and beautification of the city of athens this work bar her been cen given to us on the personal recommendation ommen dation of the king and queen both fa h of whom have taken an intense interest in the development of their ancient arad royci 1 city one of the atrat and most immediate necessities of the cita is to provide a site tor for the very important now union railway tiou which will form a worthy orthy portal or entrance to modern athens this great scheme Is necessitated largely by the fact that within fifteen months these wll will be direct communication with paris parts and this is thought to be i the time and indeed it Is necessarily from the antly acquired territory ra the rich retired classes aho he look upon athena athens as a andr natural social center will aa bud ther therefore afore creat exten alone along win will hare have to be planned in the ancient city A great royal groces road will vill also be constructed bp bo tween atheni athens and piraeus sitoa sites have havo to be found for or new gov emment buildings euch such as all law courts and probably in view of 0 further growth other government departmental erections many of which will win be on a very considerable scale of importance A great water scheme Is on foot for athens by which water will be brought to the city in about four years time the of this now water witter supply will afford opportunity for the placing of many fountain and the for matlon mation of ornamental lagoons all of which will add to the beauty of the city park parks and gardens much of the existing planning of athens athena la 18 very good nood from a ity point of view it Is the work nork of one of the 13 bavarian aarian or rather of a french architect working under tho the bavarian Da arian monarch about two hundred bundred years ago or rather less that pa planning an of cou so cognizance of the newer means of transit to mobiles and street cars which necessitate in many directions tho the recon of ones ideas LS to the width of streeta and other matters one point on which their are more anxious than any other if ir t that h at there shall bo be created a great public bark and gardens and a boulevard system anyone who knows athens will realize that thin this Is a prime necessity already the king and queen have done a very ery considerable amount of planting and some of the hills surrounding roun dlag the city are completely cov ered ith new growths grovit hs ot of native pines att 00 4 ak 1 4 oil t 4 C A lilla aw k armm the time ume tor for considering one of the railway problems aa as it affects athene athens the next work which will be carried out in harmony with the views of the british german and american schools of archaeology will be the clearing away of the accretions of hovels and shanties which have grown up round the acropolis and the ancient ruins ruing of athens some of the hovels bovel 3 date back almost to the time of the turkish occupation they are of no architectural interest whatever whitt ver ever and it has always been a matter of grief to archaeologists that such magnificent ruins as those possessed by athens should be littered up with such worthy modern erections A careful survey will also bo be made of all an those areas over which futura excavations may be conducted other removals will probably be the build ings which have grown up between the temple of theseus and the market place of ancient athens following this there will be a great road con strutted ted between constitution square and the Zip gardens to the acropolis and round the base of the a ra cle n t ruins this road has already been prospected and thought out in conjunction nith alth archaeologists resident in athens athene athens is growing at a great rate this year about fifty thousand people have been added to the population the reason for this is that every greek feels that greece should have a revival the war baa has brought out an sense gense of patriotism and rich creeks the world over are going back 0 ebe indent city and in many cabes beautiful reside residence building je j e and cypresses presses cy this work la is to be extended in all directions experimental gardens will be laid out in which will be tested all the native frees and shrubs in which greece is of course very rich so as to provide a stock upon ripon which demands may be made for or the tha adornment of the city it will b bs a matter of interest to architects and those interested in the planning of towns and cities mr mawson said in closing the interview that the scheme when finally completed ft ill include several cres de voted to the housing of the working classes regard being bad hand tu those chose homes have been de dep strayed in carrying out the various improvements prove ments to be made |